The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-10
A BAD WOMAN PUNISHED
In The SPIRIT WORLD FOR
HATING CHILDREN,
And a Gluttsn, Cursed With an TX
cessive Appetite In Life, Tor
ments His MedlHms.

Weliin stOn to.) Correspondence Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The spirit that I have seen
May be the devil; and the devil hath power
To assume pleasing shape; yea, and, per-
Ont Of my weakness and my melanchsly
CAS- he 10 very potent With such spirits
Abuses ne 10 damn me; I'll have grounds
Hamlet.
Is there any truth in spiritualism2
Can disembodied spirits return and
converse with friends on earth, and
be visible to the sight Of the living,
or are such manifestations only spec
trail illusions, or the jugglery of de-
ceptions and humbuggery? An un-
Gle of the writer is seeing medi-
um, and some of his revelations from
spirits are truly marvellous. 1t is his
theory that future punishment con-
sists in the cOmpulsion Of the spirit
TO do what il hated during earth life,
that was reasonable and right, espe-
cially if there was any crime or sin
committed to avoid the duty. This
was the revelation the spirit Of
"Hamlet's" father made of its spirit
nal condition. 1t was doomed TO
walk the night and fast in fires
Till the foul crimes, done in the days Of nat
Are burnt and purted away.
A FEMALE sPooK's PUNISHMENT.
A lady, who was paragon Of
beauty, died, who during her lite had
an intolerable hatred OF children,
and who had committed many infan-
ticides 10 avoid becoming mother.
This fact was unknown TO the me-
dun, who had never seen or heard
of the deceased. A lady friend ,
wishing TO know where this lady was,
or whether she really existed as "A
living spirit and could make her ex-
istence known, called on the medium
and requested message or tidings
or description of the departed, who
in earth life was proud and beautiful.
No description was given, either of
her person or characteristics while
on earth. The medium went into a
sort Of trance, which he calls looking
into the spiritual world. 81 see, "
he said, "a beautiful woman" (here
he gave an accurate description OF her
as she was in life), "She is sur
rounded by drove Of infants, and
some of them are cursing her because
they have never been born. She was
the author of their death, aud now
suffers the punishment she escaped
on earth. Her punishment is to do
what she hated on earth, and that is
the rearing of children" us she
unhappy, and must her work be
eternally thus unoongenialP You
have described her perfectly. She
detested children when alive" said
the lady friend. "Yes, indeed. She
is miserable now, but she will de-
volop out Of this by cultivating u
taste for the little inuocents she so
detested on earth. She now knows
her destiny, aud is working hard to
change her fate, or rather her ma
ture, which she might have done on
earth, but instead she preferred to
sin against the lives of the innocents
because OF her selfish pride. She i,
only suffering the punishment de-
nounccd by the Savior when Ii,
said: Whoever offends one OF these
little ones, it were better for him
that milestone be tied about his
neck and he be cast into the sea- "
A dLuTToN PUNISHED IN SPIRIT
LAND.
A neighbor of this medium was an
inordinato eater--in fact, perfect
glutton All he thought of was the
accumulation Of edibles with which
to glut himself, After eating what
would DO enough for a half dozen
men, he had only gotten under full
motion. He could consume at one
meal whole hog barbecued, and q
killed OK furnished beef but for a
short time. Gluttony killed him,
aud, having never made an effort to
restrain his appetite or cultivate
temperance in eating, he carried in.
to spiritual lie his inordinate eating
propensity, and the punishment was
a raging appetite and no means Of
qualification. Another theory Of thi,
medium is that friends OF departed
spirits can aid in extricating them
from their difficulties, aud may les
sen their punishment by doing il
their behalf, or while under the in.
Auencc Of the spirit, the things il is
condemned to do, or not to do, il
the spirit world. Therefore the
spirit of this glutton came to the
medium for relief. 1t was with him
constantly. Wherever he was
there was the spirit of the glut.
ton visible to the spiritual eye
Of the medium. One night
at the midnight hour the spirit Of
the dead glutton came gliding into
the room Of the medium, looking
wan, hungry and haggard. The me
dunn arose and sat bolt upright in
bed, and addressing the spirit, said
"For Gods sake, Uncle, what dc
pou want, and why are you doggin.
my footsteps? | want you to leav,
me now and never come back again
Will you 60? / can do nothing TO
you. The slutton muttered some
thing about being hungry and van
ished. Immediately the medium
was seized with gnawing hunger
and had his wife get up aud get sup
per. 1t was impossible for him t
satisfy his hunger. He ate until h
could hold no more and, retired hun
gray, but the spirit of the glutto
seemed satisfied, and never cam
back TO haunt the medium again
This medium is an intelligent ma
and perfectly veracious, and tn
question is, are these things spectra
Illusions or spirit visitationsP
RIooLAI's EXPERIENCE WITH sPIR
ITS.
But one of the most extraordinar
illusions, or spirit manifestation
was that OF Nicolai, Of Berlin, VIII
communicated an account of his ow
ease to the Russian Academy of Sc
euce. Toward the end of the yes
1880 and the beginning OF 1891 Nicoli
had been agitated by various misfoI
tunes, which preyed deeply upc
him, and on the 2ith OF February a
event oeeurred which threw him in